Vatican II texts critical for navigating troubled world, pope says
BY CAROL GLATZ VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Though they were written a half-century ago, the documents that came out of the Second...
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Why intercommunion is impossible
Siphiwe Felix Mkhize, Pretoria – Referring Michael Shackleton’s Open Door article Can Catholics receive Anglican Communion? (September 13), it is...
Time to make a stand
Catholics in South Africa have long been reticent in making known their demands and expectations from the secular establishment. Lately...
Priest takes on the inequality of women in African tradition
A WOMAN LIKE MUM: How Customs and Popular Sayings Contribute to the Discrimination and Violence Against Women, by Evans K...
How should we dress for Mass?
Please enlighten me and perhaps others who read your newspaper, about an appropriate dress code for Sunday Mass. I find...
Preparing the soil of the family
Three bags of lawn dressing and a watering can. Those rather incongruous items are part of my new way of...
Mass readings – 7 October – 14 October
Sunday, October 7, 27th Sunday Genesis 2:18-24, Psalm 128:1-6, Hebrews 2:9-11, Mark 10:2-16 or 10:2-12 Monday, October 8, feria Galatians...
Movie reviews – The Five-Year Engagement
The Five-year Engagement By Adam Shaw, Catholic News Service An impoverished presentation of marriage is the principal, but not the only,...
In search of the historical Jesus
WHO IS JESUS: Linking the Historical Jesus with the Christ of Faith, by Darrell L Bock. Simon & Schuster, 2012....
